SAUVAGESIEA;. 



South America, very general. (Yerba de St. Martin, Peruv. 

 Adima, Yaoba Cayenne.) 



Stems suffruticose, often branched, procumbent or erect. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acute at each end, serrulated. Flowers axillary, solitary, 

 twin or tern, usually nodding. Sepals ovate-oblong, acute, rather 

 longer than the corolla. Filiform petals very numerous. Very mu- 

 cilaginous. It has been used in Brazil for complaints in the eyes, in 

 Peru for disorders of the bowels, and in the West Indies as a diuretic, 

 or rather in cases of a slight inflammation of the bladder. 



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